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  • MIDIS and Santander provide Banks Renewables £210m debt package

    03 March 2017

    Macquarie Infrastructure Debt Investment Solutions (MIDIS) and Santander have provided a £210 million ($258 million) debt package to Banks Renewables, the renewable energy division of property and energy business, Banks Group.

  • Yieldco NESF secures £150m debt facility

    31 January 2017

    UK yieldco NextEnergy Solar Fund (NESF) has secured a £150 million ($186 million) long-term debt facility from a syndicate of lenders.

  • The growing pains of UK yieldcos

    22 July 2016

    Weakening policy support and uncertainties caused by Brexit are among the challenges faced by the fledgling asset class. But it remains resilient, reports Peter Cripps

  • Macquarie and Santander get behind Foresight Solar Fund with £200m deal

    11 April 2016

    London-listed Foresight Solar Fund has bagged £200 million ($285 million) of backing from Macquarie and Santander.

  • Acquisition makes NextEnergy Solar Fund 'biggest solar yieldco'

    05 April 2016

    NextEnergy Solar Fund has become the biggest solar operator of the UK-listed yieldcos, following a £97.9 million ($140 million) acquisition of five plants.

  • MIDIS financial close brings total raised to £2.5bn

    15 July 2015

    Macquarie Infrastructure Debt Investment Solutions (MIDIS) has reached a final close on its UK-focused inflation-linked debt fund, attracting total commitments of more than £739 million ($1.2 billion).

  • Profile: Macquarie Infrastructure Debt Investment Solutions

    29 May 2015

    As Macquarie Infrastructure Debt Investment Solutions gears up for a second financial close, Kit Hamilton and Andrew Robertson talk to Sophie Robinson-Tillett

  • Macquarie backs UK solar portfolio in £106m deal

    27 May 2015

    Macquarie has given another vote of confidence to the UK solar market, agreeing a £106 million ($163 million) refinancing deal.

  • Macquarie loans £155m to UK rooftop solar firm

    17 March 2015

    Australian investment bank Macquarie has agreed to lend £155 million ($229 million) to a rooftop solar developer in the UK.

  • Macquarie steps up renewables financing with £21.5m solar deal

    23 February 2015

    Macquarie has agreed to finance a 29MW solar project in the UK.